“Sticking it to the owners” isn’t a good means of landing a job.
The boss normally makes the rules. It’s part of what makes a boss a boss.
Yes, but in the minds of his Black Live Matter supporters, the players run the NFL - and the owners are just a bunch of "racist white dudes" who manage the paperwork and don't get it. Look at the withering criticism Stephen A. Smith got on Twitter for pointing out the obvious - Kaepernick doesn't want to play - he wants to keep the profitable controversy alive.